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    • First plenary meeting under Swiss chairmanship of the IHRA on 26th June in Geneva
    • Visit to the Azraq refugee camp in Jordan, 19.05.2017
    • 34th session of the Human Rights Council, Geneva, 27 February 2017
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    • 71st UN General Assembly and Summit for Refugees and Migrants
    • World Economic Forum 2016
    • Federal Councillor Didier Burkhalter in South America
    • Federal Councillor Didier Burkhalter in Lebanon
    • CIVPOL
    • Federal Councillor Didier Burkhalter visited countries in Africa and Europe (7,8,9.03.2016)
    • Egypt: Music for sustainable development along the Nile
    • SDC stand at the "Comptoir broyard" in Payerne
    • Syria crisis: Federal Councillor Didier Burkhalter in Jordan
    • Die DEZA an der OLMA 2015
    • the 70th UN GA
    • Swiss protecting power mandates for the United States and Cuba
    • Ukraine: the projects in pictures
    • Ukraine: Swiss aid convoy
    • Post-2015 Agenda
    • Reception of the ministers in Basel
    • Tsunami
    • The Democracy Without Borders initiative
    • 69th session of the UN General Assembly in New York
    • Conference on Syria in Brussels
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    • Visite de Didier Burkhalter en Ukraine, les 06 et 07.06.2017
    • Ignazio Cassis at the OSCE Ministerial Council
    • Second plenary meeting of the IHRA chaired by Switzerland in Bern 30.11.2017
    • WEF 2018
    • Federal Councillor Ignazio Cassis visits China and Mongolia
    • 73rd UN General Assembly
    • WEF 2019
    • 1 August, 4 stops, 4 languages
    • 74th UN General Assembly
    • First Global Refugee Forum
    • Federal Councillor Ignazio Cassis visits Ticino and brings two ventilators
    • #flyinghome in pictures - Asia and Africa
    • #flyinghome in pictures - Australia
    • #flyinghome in pictures - South America
    • Federal Councillor Ignazio Cassis meets Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio in Ticino
    • Federal Councillor Ignazio Cassis meets representatives of Germany, Austria, Liechtenstein and the International Lake Constance Conference in Kreuzlingen
    • Clean drinking water for four million people in eastern Ukraine
    • Media conference with Patricia Danzi on her first 100 days as director of the SDC
    • Sustainable embassies in the Swiss foreign network
    • Federal Councillor Ignazio Cassis visits young people at the National Youth Sports Centre in Tenero
    • A look behind the scenes of the Swiss Humanitarian Aid Unit in Beirut
    • A look behind the scenes of the Swiss Humanitarian Aid Unit in Beirut
    • A look behind the scenes of the Swiss Humanitarian Aid Unit in Beirut
    • A look behind the scenes of the Swiss Humanitarian Aid Unit in Beirut
    • A look behind the scenes of the Swiss Humanitarian Aid Unit in Beirut
    • SDC activities to protect mountain environments
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A look behind the scenes of the Swiss Humanitarian Aid Unit in Beirut

  • View of a Swiss Air Force pilot loading a container from an aircraft together with an expert from the Swiss Humanitarian Aid Unit.
    Last Friday another transport of the Swiss Humanitarian Aid Unit reached the Lebanese capital with medical material and medical workers. © FDFA
  • View of several experts from the Swiss Humanitarian Aid Unit form a human chain to transfer material from an aircraft to a truck.
    In addition to qualified medical workers, 1.5 tonnes of material for primary health care in the fields of surgery, paediatrics and obstetrics reached Beirut. © FDFA
  • View into a hospital room, where the windows are taped with plastic.
    The health care system is severely affected by the explosion; 500 hospital beds are still lacking. The situation for mothers and their newborns is particularly vulnerable. © FDFA
  • View of a maternity bed with view out of the window on the destroyed capital of Lebanon.
    The additional experts and material provided by the Swiss Humanitarian Aid Unit will be used to support health care for mothers and their children. © FDFA
  • View of the exterior of a broken hospital. In the background you can see the consequences of the explosion on the city of Beirut.
    The additional experts and material provided by the Swiss Humanitarian Aid Unit will be used to support health care for mothers and their children. © FDFA
  •  Professor and head doctor Irene Hösli talks to a woman lying in bed.
    The SHA medical unit includes paediatricians, anaesthetists, obstetricians, midwives and nurses. © FDFA
  •  Professor and Head Physician Irene Hösli consults the products used by the nursing staff.
    Specialists in the SHA's medical unit mainly perform surgery on children and provide assistance to women about to give birth. © FDFA
  • A woman holding a newborn baby in her arms talks to specialists.
    The SHA medical unit includes paediatricians, anaesthetists, obstetricians, midwives and nurses. © FDFA
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